booze

booze  (bz) Slang

n.

1.

a. Hard liquor.

b. An alcoholic beverage.

2. A drinking spree.

intr.v. boozed, booz·ing, booz·es

To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.

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[Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch bsen.]

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boozer n.

boozi·ly adv.

boozy adj.

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booze [buːz] Informal

n

1. alcoholic drink

2. a drinking bout or party

vb

(usually intr) to drink (alcohol), esp in excess

[from Middle Dutch būsen]

boozed  adj

boozing  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	booze - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" aqua vitae, ardent spirits - strong distilled liquor or brandy akvavit, aquavit - Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds arak, arrack - any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses bitters - alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots brandy - distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice gin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berries ouzo - a Greek liquor flavored with anise rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses schnapps, schnaps - any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) tequila - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant vodka - unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain firewater - any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
Verb	1.	booze - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" drink, fuddle ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" tank - consume excessive amounts of alcohol port - drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner" claret - drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight" bar hop, pub-crawl - go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk; "he pub-crawled around Birmingham" bib, tipple - drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac" tope, drink - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" hit it up, inebriate, souse, soak - become drunk or drink excessively wine - drink wine hold, carry - drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"

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booze (Informal)

noun

alcohol, drink, spirits, juice (informal), the bottle (informal), liquor, grog (informal, chiefly Austral. & N.Z.), the hard stuff (informal), strong drink, intoxicant, firewater, John Barleycorn, hooch or hootch (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) empty bottles of booze

verb

drink, indulge, get drunk, tipple, imbibe, tope, carouse, bevvy (dialect), get plastered, drink like a fish, go on the piss (taboo slang), get soused, get tanked up (informal), go on a binge or bender (informal), hit the booze or bottle (informal) a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon

Translations

booze [buːz]

A. N → bebida f
to go on the booze → darse a la bebida
to be off the booze → haber dejado la bebida

B. VI (= get drunk) → empinar el codo; (= go out drinking) → salir a beber

C. VT → beber

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booze [ˈbuːz]

n → alcool m

vi → picoler >

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booze (inf)

n (= alcoholic drink) → Alkohol m; (= spirits also) → Schnaps m; (= drinking bout) → Sauftour f (inf); keep off the booze → lass das Saufen sein (inf); bring some booze → bring was zu schlucken mit (inf); he’s gone back on the booze again → er säuft wieder (inf)

vi → saufen (inf); all this boozing → diese Sauferei (inf); boozing party → Besäufnis nt (inf); to go out boozing → saufen gehen (inf)

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booze [buːz] (fam)

1. n → alcolici mpl
bring your own booze → portatevi da bere

2. vi → sbevazzare, alzare il gomito

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booze [buːz] (fam)

1. n → alcolici mpl
bring your own booze → portatevi da bere

2. vi → sbevazzare, alzare il gomito

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booze

n booze [buːz]

alcoholic drink Have you got enough booze for the party? drank خَمْر، مَشْروباتٌ كُحولِيّه силно алкохолно питие chlast, pití sprut Alkohol οινοπνευματώδες ποτό alcohol märjuke, alkohol مشروب الکلی alkoholipitoinen juoma boisson alcoolisée מַשְקֶה חָרִיף शराब pijača pia minuman keras áfengi bevanda alcolica 酒 술 (alkoholiniai) gėrimai alkoholiski dzērieni; alkohols minuman keras drank brennevin gorzała bebida băutură (alco­o­lică) выпивка pijatika pijača alkoholno piće sprit, kröken เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ içki 酒 випивка شراب rượu 酒

v

to drink alcoholic drinks. drink, suip يَشْرَبُ مَشْروبات كُحوليّه пия chlastat, pít jako duha drikke saufen καταναλώνω οινοπνευματώδη beber purjutama به حد افراط نوشیدن juoda alkoholipitoista juomaa boire (comme un trou) לִשתוֹת אַלכּוֹהוֹל शराब पीना opijati se piál meminum minuman keras þjóra, drekka bere smoderatamente 酒を飲む 술을 마시다 girtuokliauti dzert; žūpot meminum minuman keras zuipen gå på fylla, drikke chlać beber a bea (vâr­tos) пьянствовать piť ako dúha popivati piti alkohol supa, kröka ดื่มเครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ içki içmek, kafayı çekmek 暢飲 напиватися شراب پینا uống say tuý luý 痛饮

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booze → إسراف في الشراب alkohol sprut Alkohol ποτό trago viina alcool piće bevanda alcolica 酒 술 sterkedrank alkohol alkohol bebida alcoólica выпивка sprit เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ içki sự say tuý luý 酒